Jassen Cullimore

Jassen Andrew Cullimore (born December 4, 1972) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey defenceman.

Cullimore grew up in Port Dover, Ontario playing the majority of his minor hockey with the Clippers of the OMHA. He played Jr.C. hockey at age 14 for the Caledonia Corvairs and then played as a 15-year-old with the Simcoe Storm Jr.C. club in 1987-88. After being drafted in the third round of the 1988 OHL draft by the Peterborough Petes, Cullimore spent the majority of the 1988-89 season with the Peterborough Road Runners of the Metro Jr.B. Hockey League (OHA).

Playing career Cullimore was drafted with the 29th pick of the second round of the 1991 NHL entry draft by the Vancouver Canucks. In 1996, he was traded to the Montreal Canadiens for Donald Brashear. He was claimed on waivers by the Tampa Bay Lightning in 1998, where he played until 2004 when he signed a free agent deal with the Chicago Blackhawks after winning the Stanley Cup with Tampa. He remained in Chicago until June 2007, where he was traded back to Montreal in exchange for Sergei Samsonov and Tony Salmelainen. He was released by Montreal soon after. After failing to make the Detroit Red Wings roster during a pre-season tryout in 2007, he signed a free agent deal with Florida. Cullimore then became an unrestricted free agent after the Florida Panthers decided not to re-sign him. He re-signed a one-year deal at the start of the 2008–2009 season with the Florida Panthers.

On February 17, 2010, Cullimore signed a two-way contract with the Chicago Blackhawks, and was assigned to their American Hockey League affiliate, the Rockford IceHogs. Cullimore was called up to Chicago on October 15, 2010.

Career statistics Regular season Playoffs Season Team League GP G A Pts PIM GP G A Pts PIM 1986–87 Caledonia Corvairs NDJHL 18 2 0 2 9 — — — — — 1987–88 Simcoe Rams NDJHL 35 11 14 25 29 — — — — — 1988–89 Peterborough Roadrunners MetJHL 29 11 17 28 88 — — — — — 1988–89 Peterborough Petes OHL 20 2 1 3 6 2 0 0 0 0 1989–90 Peterborough Petes OHL 59 2 6 8 61 11 0 2 2 8 1990–91 Peterborough Petes OHL 62 8 16 24 74 4 1 0 1 8 1991–92 Peterborough Petes OHL 54 9 37 46 65 10 3 6 9 8 1992–93 Hamilton Canucks AHL 56 5 7 12 60 — — — — — 1993–94 Hamilton Canucks AHL 71 8 20 28 86 3 0 1 1 2 1994–95 Syracuse Crunch AHL 33 2 7 9 66 — — — — — 1994–95 Vancouver Canucks NHL 34 1 2 3 39 11 0 0 0 12 1995–96 Vancouver Canucks NHL 27 1 1 2 21 — — — — — 1996–97 Vancouver Canucks NHL 3 0 0 0 2 — — — — — 1996–97 Montreal Canadiens NHL 49 2 6 8 42 2 0 0 0 2 1997–98 Fredericton Canadiens AHL 5 1 0 1 8 — — — — — 1997–98 Montreal Canadiens NHL 3 0 0 0 4 — — — — — 1997–98 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 25 1 2 3 22 — — — — — 1998–99 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 78 5 12 17 81 — — — — — 1999–2000 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 46 1 1 2 66 — — — — — 2000–01 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 74 1 6 7 80 — — — — — 2001–02 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 78 4 9 13 58 — — — — — 2002–03 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 28 1 3 4 31 11 1 1 2 4 2003–04 Tampa Bay Lightning NHL 79 2 5 7 58 11 0 2 2 6 2005–06 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 54 1 6 7 53 — — — — — 2006–07 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 65 1 6 7 64 — — — — — 2007–08 Rochester Americans AHL 3 0 1 1 4 — — — — — 2007–08 Florida Panthers NHL 65 3 10 13 38 — — — — — 2008–09 Florida Panthers NHL 68 2 8 10 37 — — — — — 2009–10 Rockford IceHogs AHL 59 2 6 8 52 — — — — — 2010–11 Rockford IceHogs AHL 41 2 7 9 26 — — — — — 2010–11 Chicago Blackhawks NHL 36 0 8 8 8 — — — — — 2011–12 Iserlohn Roosters DEL 51 2 6 8 44 2 0 2 2 0 NHL totals 812 26 85 111 704 35 1 3 4 24